Cold Hill Elementary School

Located at 4012 W Laurel Rd, in London, Kentucky, Cold Hill Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary campus that works with 259 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Laurel County. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 421.

Laurel County runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 8,676 students. Cold Hill Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cold Hill Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% Asian, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Cold Hill Elementary School logs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Laurel County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cold Hill Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Kentucky schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 43.5%; actual is 68.9%, +25.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, Laurel County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,771, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Laurel County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,220 students), Cold Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Wyan-Pine Grove Elementary, roughly 2.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cold Hill Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cold Hill Elementary School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 259). White enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window.

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